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Emilie Aandahl graduated with an MSc from Norwegian School of Economics, where he majored in Economics. During her studies, she had two semesters abroad at Luiss in Rome and University of Latvia in Riga. At the Norwegian school of Economics, she wrote her master thesis in behavior economics, where she investigated if replacing positively framed labels with negatively framed labels impact consumer behavior. In detail, if this change promotes healthier, more ethical, and more environmentally sustainable choices. In addition she worked in Goscore, a Fintech startup, during her studies where she had the responsibility for costumer contact and product presentations.

David Händler Andersen holds a master’s degree in economics, from the University of Oslo, with a specialization in macroeconomics and monetary policy. David also holds a master’s degree in law, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics, from the University of Oslo. David has extensive work experience from the Ministry of Justice (JD). For many years, he was responsible for Norway’s participation in the EU’s cooperation on the handling of asylum seekers (the Dublin cooperation) and similar projects involving international cooperation in the field of migration. He also has experience from the Civil Affairs Department, which manages several areas that are important for safeguarding the individual’s legal security, and the Crime Prevention Department. Many years at the ministry level have given David very good experience with ministerial work processes and a solid understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various authorities. He has gained good interdisciplinary expertise and the ability to identify and assess both legal and economic issues. He has collaborated broadly with foreign authorities.

Rolf Sverre Asp is an economist from the University of Oslo and is specialised in competition economics. He has broad experience and expertise within issues related to competition with particular emphasis on telecom, financial, agricultural and aviation markets, and he is often used as an expert witness in competition cases and cases relating to compensation for damage. Before establishing Oslo Economics in 2009, he was a partner in Econ. He also has 4 years experience as an adviser at the Norwegian Competition Authority. At Oslo Economics Rolf Sverre deals with competition issues, on both the domestic and international level, and has managed several large projects. Rolf Sverre has for several years been nominated by Global Competition Review as being among the world’s leading competition economists.

Magne Krogstad Asphjell holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a PhD in Economics from the same institution. Through his research, Magne has specialised on econometrics, both applied microeconometrics and simulation based econometrics. He has worked on a number of topics, including investment, employment and pricing dynamics in Norwegian industry manufacturers and effects of social networks on the timing of births in Sweden. At Oslo Economics, Mange has worked on large scale empirical analyses, competition analyses, assessments and reports within both private and public sector. Magne is especially well qualified for working with large quantities of data, extracting and presenting insights based on quantitative methods.

Line Bakken holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. She has her work background from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Norwegian Railway Directorate and other consultancies. Line has extensive experience with assessments in relations to major public investment projects, particular within transportation markets. Line has carried out many different types of analysis: evaluations, surveys and cost-benefit analysis of measures, instruments and initiatives. In Oslo Economics, Line has worked with analysis in several sectors and areas. From the Norwegian Railway Directorate, Line has considerable experience with assessments and economic analysis related to rail passenger service tenders.

Ørjan Berg holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, with a specialization in climate-, environmental- and natural resource economics, and development economics. He has also completed an exchange semester at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

At Oslo Economics, Ørjan has worked on several evaluations and reviews across various topics. Among other things, he has participated in evaluations of public subsidy schemes and investment projects, as well as various economic analyses and reviews. Ørjan’s interests are broad, but he particularly enjoys working at the intersection of climate and environment, technology, and society. At Oslo Economics, Ørjan’s core areas have included green transitioning, public instruments in the climate and environmental field, and development economics.

Ørjan has experience with various evaluation tools, such as DFØ’s evaluation guide and the OECD’s evaluation model, and is skilled in using both quantitative and qualitative methods. He has experience conducting interviews, surveys, and workshops from various projects, and has worked extensively with data analysis and statistics. He also has experience as a teaching assistant in an applied statistics course at the master’s level.

Ørjan also has experience from Rambøll Management Consulting, where he worked with questionnaire surveys and analyses. Here, he contributed to a number of user surveys and mappings and has developed skills in planning, setting up, and conducting surveys for various purposes.

Harald Nygård Bergh has a PhD in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). In his research, Harald focused on the interplay between technology and business models in media industries, in particular pricing-strategies. Harald is a specialist within competition economics, and has assisted the parties in several big mergers. Harald’s understanding of economic mechanisms is excellent, and he has the competence to build models giving clear insight in complicated economic situations. He has experience from the Norwgian Competition Authority, and has been a visiting researcher at Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia.

Anders Modum Bilet holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Economic Analysis (ECO) and on a Research Distinction Track (RDT). During his studies Anders took courses with an especially analytical approach to financial economics, macroeconomics, econometrics, as well as other fields within economics. At Oslo Economics Anders has worked on several economic analyses, often related to finance or competition economics. Anders also holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen.

Solveig Borkenhagen holds a Master of Science in Economics (MSc) from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), with specialization within energy, environmental and resource economics. Through the work on her master’s thesis about taxation of land-based wind power in Norway, she was connected to several external research projects.

In Oslo Economics, Solveig has broad evaluation experience especially in areas such as the power market, environmental and natural resources, health services and pharmaceuticals. She has knowledge related to international climate agreements, valuation of natural resources and environmental goods, environmental management systems, and the power market and regulations. Within the health field, Solveig has worked towards health economic analyses, cost of illness analyses and analysis of real-world evidence data. Through project experience Solveig has acquired a broad competence in collecting and analysing qualitative and quantitative information, including interviews and surveys, and large amounts of data from register data.

Elias is an expert in competition economics and managing partner at the Berlin office of Oslo Economics. His areas of expertise include horizontal and vertical agreements between firms, abuse of dominance, merger evaluation, commercial damages and litigation, and market regulation. Elias has extensive experience in advising clients from a broad set of industries, giving expert testimony in court, and dealing with competition authorities. He is known for providing robust economic analysis and advise tailored to his client’s needs.

Elias holds a PhD in Economics from NHH Norwegian School of Economics and Masters’ Degrees in Economics, and International Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Innsbruck (Austria). He has several years of experience in academic research specializing in empirical methods for identifying effects of political and economic measures. His research is published in renowned economic journals and covers a variety of topics including the impact of fiscal policy and resource rents on economic growth, the development and economic effects of institutions, and price effects of mergers. Elias regularly gives guest lectures on empirical competition economics.

Elias is fluent in German, English, and Norwegian, and has a working knowledge of French.

Ragnhild Haugli Bråten holds a PhD in economics from the University of Oslo, with a specialization in behavioral economics. She has broad experience from analysis in the area of welfare provision in Norway, covering health services, labor market and child welfare, for customers in both private and public sector. She also has experience from assessments in relations to major public investment projects, especially regarding environmental issues. In her PhD she used economic experiments to study behavior under risk and contributions to public goods among individuals and families. Ragnhild has published several articles in peer-reviewed international journals.

Christoffer Bugge holds a master’s degree (MSc) in economics and business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a PhD from the University of Oslo (UiO). He has experience as a visiting researcher at Stanford University. As a researcher, Christoffer is interested in priority setting in health care and how real-world evidence can be used to support decision-making processes. Christoffer is managing several research projects in Oslo Economics and routinely publishes papers in scientific journals with peer review. He has experience from research and consultancy projects in several sectors financed by both private and public clients, including health and welfare, sports and culture, transportation and public administration. Christoffer has solid knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Ole Martin Davanger graduated with an MSc from Norwegian School of Economics, where he majored in Economics and minored in Business Analytics. He also holds a BA from Wofford College in South Carolina, USA, with a double major in Business Economics and Mathematics. He has previous work experience through a summer internship at Awilco. In Oslo Economics, Ole Martin has worked with socio-economic analyses and evaluations in areas such as water and sewage, the electricity market and the labor market. Through project experience, he has gained competence in both qualitative and quantitative methods by conducting interviews and collecting and analyzing data from several data sources.

Ingrid Engebretsen holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo, with a specialization in econometrics and statistics. Ingrid has experience from several health projects and labor market projects. Some examples of topics she has worked with are turnover in the health care sector, access to psychologist services and several real world evidence studies of different diseases and drug uses. Ingrid is highly experienced in data management and analysis of large data sets, but she has also worked with qualitative methods such as literature reviews and interviews. Previous work experience includes Statistics Norway, the Covid-19 modelling team at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and teaching in statistics and RStudio at the University of Oslo.

Asbjørn Englund is an economist with an MSc from the University of Oslo. He also has an MBA degree in Strategic Management from NHH. Asbjørn’s key qualifications are competition issues, telecoms and media and strategic management. Before establishing Oslo Economics in 2009, Asbjørn was the leader of the service line for competition in Econ Pöyry. This position gave him extensive experience in work with competition cases and analysis and consulting projects from a commercial point of view. Until August 2007, Asbjørn led the Telecom, Media and Culture Section of the Norwegian Competition Authority.

Charlotte holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). She has been a PhD candidate at the same institution and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. Charlotte has specialized in competition economics and industrial organization, and she has studied grocery markets, the media industry and transportation. Previous jobs have also made her familiar with the IT industry and the sports sector. Charlotte has experience with both economic theory and data analysis, and she enjoys combining theoretical models and empirical methods in her work.

Nina Skrove Falch holds a PhD in economics from University of Oslo. Through her research, Nina has specialized in labour economics and econometrics. Nina has many years of experience in research and analysis within the fields of labour market and welfare, from Oslo Economics and the Frisch centre for economic research. She has also held positions as head of analysis at The directorate of integration and diversity, and as chief economist at the union confederation YS. Nina applies a broad specter of methods in her work: analysis of administrative register data, surveys, interviews, case studies as well as document- and literature studies. She is an experienced project manager of different kinds of projects, for instance evaluations, causal analysis an economic analysis.

Guro Fasting holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in energy, environmental and resource economics. Guro has previous work experience from the Department for Oil and Energy, DNV GL and Deloitte. During her time in the Department for Oil and Energy, Guro worked with implementation and evaluation of policies intended to support a shift in energy use and production. Her responsibilites included preparing policy briefs and cost benefit analyses of various regulatory measures and policy proposals. At DNV GL, Guro assessed policies for electrification and implementation  of alternative fuel technology in the transportation sector targeting carbon emissions. She has also worked on concept studies and cost benefit analyses of large public investments. From Deloitte, Guro has experience doing financial analysis and modelling.

Erling Faugstad holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in energy, environmental and resource economics. Erling has extensive experience as a practicing economist and possesses a broad methodological expertise across various sectors. Energy, transportation, digitalization, and healthcare are Erling’s areas of specialization, where he has conducted evaluations, quality assessments, and analyses related to costs, economics, and uncertainty. He previously served as a section manager at Statnett and has led numerous research and consultancy projects at Oslo Economics.

Jan Petter Fedje holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in competition economy. Jan Petter has previous work experience from 16 years in the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) and he has also been national expert in DG Competition in the European Commission. During his time in the NCA, Jan Petter led several large merger and investigation cases within a broad range of markets, and he was also responsible for market surveillance of the electricity market. He has comprehensive experience in collecting, systemizing and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information.

Erlend Magnussen Fleisje is an Economist at Oslo Economics. He is in possession of a BA (Economics) from Cambridge and an MPhil from the University of Oslo and is finalizing a PhD from Oslo on the Economics of Education. He has work experience from Norges Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Research (Kunnskapsdepartementet) and has taught statistics and microeconomics.

Erlend also has experience with registry data and other data relating to earnings, education and demographics.

Ingeborg Sofie Fretheim holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in economics. During her studies, she has been on exchange to Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. At Oslo Economics, Ingeborg has mainly worked with various socio-economic assessments and evaluations of public measures within the fields of public administration and services, education and transport. She has also participated in assessments of major public investment projects. Ingeborg has experience with data collection, processing, and statistical analysis, as well as conducting interviews and analyzing qualitative data.

Eileen Fumagalli is an economist from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, holding a master’s degree (M.Sc.) and a Ph.D. from Università Bocconi in Milan. She has further strengthened her expertise with a Postgraduate Diploma in European Competition Law from King’s College in London. Eileen specializes in the field of competition economics.

Eileen has over 13 years of experience as a senior advisor at the Competition Authority, and has also served as a national expert in the EU Commission. Her work at the authority has endowed her with extensive experience in assessing collusion cases, evaluating market power and firms’ conduct in the market, as well as mergers and acquisitions in various sectors. Eileen also has experience in conducting and quality-checking analyses, as well as in interdisciplinary work, including competitive assessments of new legislative proposals and the preparation of legal guidance.

Prior to the Competition Authority, Eileen worked as a consultant at LECG Consulting and as a research fellow at Università Bocconi in Milan.

Knut Erling Gammelsæter holds a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bergen. In his master dissertation he developed a dynamic model to study the impact on Norway’s economy from adjusting oil production levels. Through his work he gained experience in building and simulating dynamic models. In his bachelor thesis he studied the efficiency of the Norwegian power subsidy and compared it to different subsidy implementations aiming at increased efficiency. Meanwhile, he worked as a teaching assistant at UiB, and was awarded the price “teaching assistant of the year”, two years in a row. In the position he developed skills in communicating complex ideas in an understandable way.

Trygve Garmo has a MSc in Economics and Business Administration with a specialization in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen and a BSc in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics. Trygve has through his studies acquired a profound competence within empirical methods, industrial organization and applied microeconomics. His master thesis, which analysed the effect of resource abundance on local labor markets in Norway, allowed Trygve to gain valuable insight into the Norwegian petroleum industry and labor market economics. The work on the thesis also required Trygve to collect, process and analyse large amounts of data.

Maren Gillebo holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Economic Analysis and on a Research Distinction Track (RDT). She wrote her thesis on merger implications in the digital newspaper market, which was published as a working paper by Center for Applied Research at NHH. Through this work she acquired skills in theoretical modeling and analytics. At Oslo Economics Maren has worked with economic assessments and evaluations within a variety of sectors, including health and pharma, labor, and public procurement.

Ingunn Bruvik Gjersvik is an economicst (cand.oecon) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with additional education in European competition law from King’s College London, and several management programmes. Her past experiences include 17 years in the Norwegian Competition Authority, where she has worked several years as head of section, head of investigations/acting director of investigations, project manager and special adviser in the chief economist team. Ingunn has extensive experience with assessments of mergers and acquisitions in different markets, assessments of cooperation between companies, assessments of companies‘ market power and behavior in the market as well as competitive assessments of new legislative proposals. She has broad market knowledge and extensive experience with collecting, systemizing and analyzing information, and has comprehensive experience with interdisciplinary work, investigation and quality assurance of analyses.

Arne Rogde Gramstad holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oslo. He has previously worked as a researcher and lectured at the University of Oslo, and he has been a visiting scholar at NYU Stern School of Business. Arne’s expertise is within industrial economics and competition economics. As a consultant in Oslo Economics, Arne has acquired extensive experience in analyzing competition issues in relation to mergers, investigations, compensation cases, and research projects. He has a solid knowledge in economic theory, empirical methods, and data processing. His competence, industry knowledge and good economic understanding have proven useful for analyses in a variety of economic issues.

Lene Elisabeth Grimstad holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), majoring in finance. She spent her exchange semesters at UC Berkeley in the USA and ESAN Universidad in Peru. Lene has also worked as a research assistant at the Department of Strategy and Management at NHH, as well as being an active member of an investment club at NHH with responsibility for the energy, seafood and shipping sectors. Her master thesis covered the relationship between Norwegian households saving products and asset price inflation in the period 1945-2020, where she gained experience in data collection and statistical analysis. Previous work experience includes Swedbank, Telenor and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Switzerland.

Sindre Gripsgård holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Finance. During his studies, Sindre has specialized within cost-benefit analysis and macroeconomics. He has completed the Norwegian Finance Initiative Summer School, which focus on topics in financial economics like corporate finance and asset prices. Sindre wrote his thesis about resource rent and the subsequent taxation of resource rent in onshore wind power in Norway. Through this work he has gained experience with working with large data sets.

Martine Bergh Gundersen holds a master’s degree (MSc) from the University of Oslo (UiO). Through her degree she specialized in environmental economics, econometrics and public economics. Martine spent a semester abroad at the Università di Bologna in Italy. Martine wrote an empirical master about the Norwegian wealth tax and analyzed the impact of introducing a wealth tax on shares. This gave her experience how to work with and analyze large amount of data. While studying, she also worked at the customer service at Kredinor AS. She spent the summer of 2021 as an intern at Oslo Economics, which gave her experience with working with evaluations within health and welfare.

Haavard Hagen holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics from the University of Oslo (UiO), with a specialization in environmental-, resource-, and development Economics. He wrote a thesis where he studied the effect of land reform in Zimbabwe on poverty and inequality. Through this work, he acquired skills in management and analysis of large datasets. He has previously taught microeconomics at UiO.

Ove Skaug Halsos is an economist with several years’ practice in the field of industrial organisation. Ove has explored a wide range of issues related to competition and regulatory analysis. Ove has acted as an expert witness and provided economic analysis in Norwegian courts. Before establishing Oslo Economics in 2009, Ove was a partner in Econ. Previous to joining Econ, he spent four years working for the Norwegian Competition Authority. Ove has been nominated by Global Competition Review as being among the world’s leading competition economists the last years.

Johanne Thoen Hansen holds a MSc in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). During her studies, she completed a semester abroad at Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. She wrote her master thesis in labor economics, where she investigated the effect of local labor demand on the uptake of disability insurance in Norway. During her studies she worked parttime as a research assistant at Chr. Michelsen Institute.

Ingrid Gaarder Harsheim holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in economics. Through several courses with an analytical approach, Ingrid gained valuable knowledge in the use of economic analysis and empirical methods. At Oslo Economics, Ingrid has acquired methodological expertise in economic analysis, evaluations, and statistical analysis. She has worked with different topics in a variety of sectors, such as the health sector, labor market and public economics.

Magnus Strand Helberg holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in economic analysis. Additionally, during the studies he went on exchange to Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Through the studies he has acquired analytical skills that can be applied to various economic fields, such as cost-benefit analyses and competition economics. He wrote his master’s thesis in the field of industrial economics on price discrimination in digital platform markets. In Oslo Economics, Magnus have contributed to various projects, including quality assurances of major public investments. Magnus always aims to present analyses and results in a way that is easily understood.

Guro Landsend Henriksen holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specialising in Economics. She comes from a position as advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, where she has worked with investment projects in the transmission grid, regulation of the grid companies and the regulatory framework for the electricity market. Through her work, Guro has acquired knowledge and experience with economic analysis of large investment projects and the effects of various regulations and policies measures. She also has international experience by working with EU affairs and Nordic co-operation within the electricity sector.

Nora Hotvedt holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo. In her master thesis she studied the relation between income and inflation for private households, through calculating heterogeneous price indices. In relation with the work on her master thesis, Nora has collaborated with Statistics Norway (SSB) on a project concerning methods of measurement of child poverty in Norway. Besides her studies, she has worked with education of macroeconomic topics through a student position in the Norwegian central bank (Norges Bank). In Oslo Economics Nora has worked with knowledge acquisition on digital voting systems and evaluation of the National Archives‘ conservation strategy.

Jon-Kristian Hovland is an economist from the University of Oslo. With experience from the Norwegian Railway Directorate, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, and the Norwegian Taxi Association, Jon-Kristian has extensive experience in economic issues within the transportation sector. He has closely followed the development of methods and tools for cost-benefit analysis in the transport sector for several years, both from conducting analysis and as a section leader responsible for the framework for socio-economic analysis in the railway sector. In his role as the section leader he was also responsible for investigating and assessing alternative rail service improvements based on economic analysis.

Mie Hustad er utdannet samfunnsøkonom (MSc) fra Københavns Universitet (KU), med spesialisering i offentlig økonomi. Hennes studiebakgrunn inkluderer også en bachelorgrad i internasjonale studier, med fordypning i statsvitenskap, fra Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) og en bachelorgrad i samfunnsøkonomi fra samme institusjon. Mie skrev en empirisk masteroppgave om arv og den norske arveavgiftens påvirkning på ulikhet. Via arbeidet med masteroppgaven tilegnet hun seg erfaring med å bearbeide og analysere store mengder data. Tidligere arbeidserfaring inkluderer et praktikantopphold i Finansdepartement, i Økonomiavdelingen, og deltidsjobb i KANTAR.  Hun var også intern i Oslo Economics vinteren 2023. 

Mie Hustad holds a MSc in Economics from Copenhagen University, with a specialization in public economics. Her study background also includes a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Oslo. Mie wrote an empirical master’s thesis investigating the effect of inheritance and inheritance taxation on inequality. Through this work, she acquired significant knowledge in processing and analyzing large amounts of data. Previous work experience includes an internship in the Ministry of Finance in Norway and a part-time job at KANTAR. Moreover, she was an intern at Oslo Economics in the winter of 2023. 

Alexander Huth holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo. During his studies he specialized in taxation and public economics and worked as a research assistant at the research center Oslo Fiscal Studies (OFS). He interned at the Norwegian Consulate General in San Francisco, and at Innovation Norway’s office in Silicon Valley. He has previously worked at the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and the Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS). Alexander recently served three years as an advisor at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. His portfolio covered trade policy, trade promotion, economic analysis of Norwegian exports, governance of The Norwegian Seafood Council and the Export Strategy Council.

Erik Bucher Johannessen holds a dual MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), majoring in finance, and CEMS Master’s in International Management from NHH and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EAESP) in Brazil. During his master’s degree, Erik developed analytical skills within econometrics, corporate finance, investment analysis and business cycle analysis. His master thesis covered stock listings on the Oslo Stock Exchange marketplace Euronext Growth. Through his work, Erik has gained experience in data collection and processing, as well as statistical analysis and presentation. Previous work experience includes Innovation Norway and the Norwegian business newspapers Dagens Næringsliv and E24.

Karl Edvard Johannson holds a Master’s degree (MSc) in Applied Economics from BI. His educational background also includes a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Administration from NHH, along with international experiences from the University of Southampton and Universidade Católica Portuguesa. In his master’s thesis, he investigated how local economic structures influence political engagement in the Norwegian Parliament, employing machine learning programs on parliamentary speeches. His studies have provided him with a solid foundation in the application of economic theory, and through his work on the master’s thesis, he has gained experience in handling and analyzing large datasets.

Sara Lee Johansen holds a degree in economics from the University of Bergen, and during her studies she specialized in empirical methods, microeconomic analysis, and welfare economics. She also spent a semester on exchange at the Nova School of Business and Economics in Portugal. Sara wrote an empirical master’s thesis on sickness absence follow-up in Norway, and through this gained good experience with data processing and statistical analysis. During her studies, she worked as a teaching assistant in both welfare and development economics. In Oslo Economics, Sara has worked on projects within health, welfare, education and public procurement. Her professional experience and studies have provided her with a good knowledge of current public guides for economic analysis and evaluations.

Marianne Lefsaker Johansson holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Oslo. During her studies she also gained experience as a research assistant at the University. Marianne works with a range of topics within the fields of transport and communication, public economics, labor market and culture and performing arts. The economics methods she applies includes economic analyses, cost-benefit analyses, impact assessments and market analyses. Marianne is a thorough economist who strives to present her results accurately, yet accessible.

Michael Kisser is Associate Professor of Accounting at BI Norwegian Business School and holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Michael has taught courses in financial reporting and analysis, financial accounting theory, corporate finance, portfolio management, valuation and cost of capital. Michael has published his academic research in leading international accounting and finance journals. At Oslo Economics, Michael contributes to studies related to financial economics, including valuations and analyses of cost of capital.

Martine Krogsveen holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo (UiO). During her time at UiO, she wrote an empirical master thesis in the field of macroeconomics, where she investigated the causal relationship between interest rates and inflation in Norway. Through this work, she acquired significant knowledge in processing and analyzing data. Martine was an intern at Oslo Economics during the summer of 2022.

Ingrid has a PhD in Economics from 2013 from the University of Oslo. Before this, Ingrid has a two-year master’s degree in economics and a three-year bachelor’s degree in international relations from the same university. During her education, Ingrid was an exchange student for one semester in Heidelberg in Germany, and she spent two months in Kuwait. Ingrid has experience as a seminar leader, lecturer, subject manager and supervisor at the University of Oslo. Ingrid’s dissertation described the political economy of resource rich countries, based on econometric analyses using panel data. In the eight years after her PhD, from 2013 to 2021, Ingrid has worked on the topic skills needs, first in the Ministry of Education and Research (2013–16), then in the secretariat of the Norwegian Committee on Skills Needs (2017–20) and finally in the analysis division of former Skills Norway (2020–21). Among the topics Ingrid has worked on is the importance of technological change for future skills needs, digitalization and how social inequality may affect educational choices among youths. Many of the projects that Ingrid works on in Oslo Economics are related to skills, education, and work. 

Kristian Langrekken holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a specialization in economic analysis. At Oslo Economics, Kristian has conducted numerous economic analyses, particularly related to financial economics. He has extensive experience in both quantitative and qualitative analysis and is well-versed in various data processing tools. His previous work experience includes internships at KLP Asset Management and the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin.

Gro Mæle Liane has an MSc in economic analysis from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). She has also followed PhD courses in Economics at Northwestern University. Gro has work experience from Norges Bank, Arkwright and Pareto Securities. Through studies and work experience from Norges Bank, she has gained expertise in economic theory and methodology. She has extensive experience with quantitative economic analysis and modelling, market analysis and strategic considerations as well as financial analysis and valuation. She has worked on projects in the areas of grocery, consumer goods, oil services and private equity.

Åmund Lunde holds a degree in economics from the University of Oslo (Cand. oecon) and joined Oslo Economics as an Associate Partner in 2023. He has 30 years of experience in the Norwegian financial industry, and thus possesses exceptional expertise in insurance, risk management, macroeconomics, and financial markets. Åmund has work and leadership experience from several of the country’s leading insurance companies, including serving as CEO of Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, Director of the Public Sector Business Area in Storebrand Livsforsikring, and Group Director of Life Insurance and Chief Financial Officer at KLP Forsikring. Åmund has also worked as an analysis manager in the currency department of Den Norske Bank and has consulting experience from Econ. In addition to his work and leadership experience, Åmund has extensive experience from boards and committees in Finance Norway. He has strong analytical abilities, recognized leadership skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Johanna holds an MSc in Economics from Lund University with a specialisation in microeconomics and econometrics. She also holds an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She has gained valuable knowledge in competition economics from her previous work experience at RBB Economics. Not to mention, she has carried out collaborative research in environmental economics whilst working for the Ratio Institute in Stockholm and the University of Greenland.

Arne Lyshol has a Master in Business with a major in Economics from BI Norwegian Business School, as well as a PhD in Economics from the same institution. During his doctoral work Arne had a research stay at Yale University with a Fulbright scholarship. In his research, Arne has specialized in labor and housing markets. Arne has a broad set of skills within empirical analysis of both cross-sectional and panel data, as well as experience with simulation based estimation methods of structural economic models. One of Arne’s research papers is published in LABOUR, a peer-reviewed journal.

Arne is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and an Adjunct Researcher at Housing Lab, Oslo Metropolitan University.

Karl Rikard Løvhaug is an economist from the University of Oslo and the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. He has worked at the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Norwegian Competition Authority, and joined Oslo Economics’ team in 2011. Karl Rikard has more than 10 years’ experience with economic analysis and is specialized on market regulations, impact assessments, competition, and public investment projects. He is an experienced project leader.

Hanna Isabel Løyland holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in economics. During her education, she studied at HEC Montréal as an exchange student. Hanna wrote her master’s thesis in the field of behavioral economics, and from her studies she has experience with data collection and quantitative analysis. Through the work on her master’s thesis, she gained experience with survey design and implementation of economic experiments.

Hannah Marøy holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bergen, with a major in competition economics, industrial organization and cost-benefit analysis. As a consultant at Oslo Economics, Hannah has gained expertise in assessing competition economic issues, as well as experience with cost-benefit analyses, market analyses, economic analyses, strategic assessments and evaluations. Hannah has solid experience from collecting, structuring and analyzing large amounts of both quantitative and qualitative data, and presents her analyses in a pedagogical and easily understandable way.

Selma Conradi Melsom holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo (UiO) and has experience with various issues within the field of economics.

She wrote her master’s thesis at the Frisch Centre, where she investigated the impact of a change in student financial aid on completion rates among Norwegian students. Through this research, she developed expertise in processing and analyzing large datasets.

Additionally, Selma has work experience from the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) in the Innovation and Industrial Development Department. Her work at FFI involved exploring how sustainable transitions could mitigate risks and enhance competitiveness in the defense sector. Selma has also worked in the Tax Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance and was an intern at Oslo Economics during the summer of 2023.

Teresa Messner is an economist specialized in macroeconomics and monetary policy. She has previously worked as an economist at Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), first in the Foreign Research unit and later in the Monetary Policy unit. Teresa holds a master’s degree in economic geography from Leibniz University Hannover and is currently writing her doctoral thesis at Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her primary research focus is in empirical macroeconomics with a micro perspective, focusing on price setting and inflation dynamics, inflation measurement, and inflation expectations. She has publications in this area. Teresa has great experience working with statistical and econometric tools as well as quantitative data, survey data, and network data.

Torben Mideksa is Associate Professor at Uppsala University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oslo and has an educational background from University of Oslo, Harvard University, MIT and Mekelle University (Ethiopia). His current research covers the areas of Resource, Environmental, Development, and Political Economics as well as teaching Microeconomics, Industrial Economics, and Contract Theory.

Torben’s research has appeared in leading economics journals including Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Specifically, his research covered topics such as tropical deforestation, environmental regulations, and European energy markets. Past experience includes research positions at Harvard University Center for Environment, University of Oslo, and Cicero Center for International Climate Research.

At Oslo Economics Torben contributes to projects related to environment and natural resources, energy, development, and competition.

Irene Arveschoug Myklestu holds a master’s degree in Environmental-, Resource-, and Development Economics from the University of Oslo (UiO). She has also spent a semester abroad at Université Paris Dauphine in France. Irene wrote an empirical master thesis where she investigated the impacts of the EU ETS on Norwegian emission reduction and explored the underlying mechanisms. Through this work, she acquired skills in management and analysis of large data sets. Besides her studies, she has worked as a project assistant at Samfunnsøkonomisk Analyse (SØA) in addition to teaching statistics at the University of Oslo. Irene was also an intern at Oslo Economics during the summer of 2022.

Aleksander Møll holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo. Aleksander has extensive experience with economic analysis within a broad range of markets. He is an expert within the field of cost-benefit analyses, and has extensive experience in assessments in relations to major public investment projects, particular within transportation markets. Aleksander also has explored a wide range of issues related to competition and regulatory analysis, and has been responsible for several evaluations related to industrial policy measures. Prior to joining Oslo Economics Aleksander has worked for the Norwegian Competition Authority, the ministry of industry and trade, Oslo University Hospital and Pöyry Management Consulting.

Johanne Nyen holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo (UiO). She has previously worked on conveying economic theory tailored to various audiences through positions such as a guide at the Norges Bank’s Education Center and as a seminar leader at UiO. Through her work at Include research center, she has gained experience in climate and energy economics, specifically on the regulation of solar panel installations. In her work on her master’s thesis in labor market economics, she gained experience in compiling and analyzing information from registry data. At Oslo Economics, Johanne is involved in various projects, including health and labor market economics. 

Francisco Oteiza holds a PhD in Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as a Master’s Degree in economics from Toulouse School of Economics. He specializes in applied statistics and the evaluation of public policy impacts. Francisco has particular experience in combining different kinds of data, complex data visualization techniques, and identifying causal relationships. He has done research on a number of subjects, including policy evaluation methods, climate change adaptation, and household investment decisions. During his time at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London, Francisco gained experience in the design, implementation and analysis of household surveys for public policy evaluations. He also has experience working in complex damage valuation cases presented at the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Kine Pedersen is a health economist with a PhD from the Institute of Health and Society at the University of Oslo. She holds a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in both health economics and economics from the same institution. In her PhD work Kine evaluated cost-benefit tradeoffs associated with candidate strategies to prevent cervical cancer. Through her research experience, she has gained particular expertise in economic evaluation and decision-analytic modeling, as well as prevention and public health. Kine is also experienced with health- and pharmacoeconomics, cost analyses, and registry-based analyses. She has worked as a lecturer in economic evaluation at the University of Oslo. Kine also has international experience as a visiting scholar and teaching fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and has won several student awards for presentation of research at international meetings for the Society of Medical Decision Making.

Anastasiia Petrina holds a master`s degree in economics from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. She has extensive work experience from the central bank of Ukraine, both in the Center for Scientific Research and the Department for Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis. While working at the central bank, Anastasiia has specialized in qualitative and quantitative analysis of monetary policy related to topics such as price stability, exchange rates and communication. Anastasiia has completed a number of courses on monetary policy, macroeconomic forecasting and communication policy at institutions such as the IMF, the Joint Vienna Institute and the Kyiv School of Economics.

Christopher Markhus Poots holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics, with a research-oriented track and specialization in economics. He has also completed a PhD course in econometrics at the University of Oslo. At Oslo Economics, Christopher has extensive experience from research projects and consultancy assignments within the sectors of labor, welfare, and justice, as well as energy. In the labor market, he has worked on several large mappings and evaluations related to sick leave management, inclusion efforts, and the Intention Agreement for a more inclusive working life (IA-agreement), labor market measures, and various benefits in the social security system. In the field of justice, he has particular experience from projects on child and youth crime, punitive responses, and the courts.

Christopher has project management experience from both Norwegian and international projects, including several large projects in collaboration with external researchers and other research environments. He has a broad methodological competence from both qualitative and quantitative research methods, but he has particularly strong competence in empirical methods and econometrics. Christopher has been responsible for and conducted several large analyses of registry data from, among others, the Norwegian Statistics Bureau (SSB), the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), and the Court Administration. In several projects, he has worked with advanced non-experimental methods to estimate effects of various interventions, such as labor market measures and punitive responses.

Thea Ringstad holds a Master’s degree in International Business from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a Bachelor’s degree in business and administration from Bergen University College. Thea has worked in the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Fisheries and the Norwegian Railway Directorate, and has broad experience with use of economic analyses in public sector. Thea has worked with surveys, evaluations and assessments of needs and economic consequences in relation to large public investments and implementation of market reforms within the transportation sector, i.a. taxi services, rail services and the coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes.

Thea has carried out public procurements with a high level of complexity, process risk and social significance, including being the project manager for the procurement of passenger transport by railway in Eastern Norway.  By managing public undertakings and companies, Thea has gained widespread insight into state management processes.

Ingunn Gotland Roll holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Economics. Her previous employer was Statnett SF, where she worked with planning and development of the power system and the transmission grid in Norway. Her experience has provided her valuable insight in questions related to grid planning, power markets and infrastructure investments. She has experience from various economic analyses of large investment projects and the effects of various regulations and policy measures, and she is an expert in the methods of cost-benefit analysis.

Finn Gjerull Rygh has a degree in economics, social science and statistics. Formerly he has been employed in different parts of Schibsted Media Group, a leading European media venture. His last position before joining Oslo Economics was as CFO of FINN; Norway’s dominant internet classifieds portal and one of Norway’s most successful brands. As a consultant, Finn has worked in different fields like health services, IT, procurements and organizational development. Finn is an experienced project manager of different kinds of projects, for instance evaluations, quality assurance and economic analyzes. He has played a central role in many complex projects regarding major investments.

Mina Henni Røhme holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). She completed the research distinction track, emphasising her interest in research and empirics. Her studies have also included two exchange semesters, one at the University of Western Australia and one at Universität Wien. In addition, Mina has worked for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration during her studies, gaining knowledge about public administration and operation. In Oslo Economics Mina has worked a lot on labour market related issues, especially in the public sector. Projects include how the government can become a more attractive employer, how we can increase inclusion on the government sector and how employers and employees can cooperate to reduce emissions. Mina has also worked on projects in the transportation sector, and has, amongst other things, contributed to several economic analyses of infrastructure projects.

Elias Severinsen Sandnes holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), majoring in Economics. During his studies Elias gained extensive experience with qualitative and quantitative analysis within subjects such as development economics, behavioral economics, and Microeconomics. As a consultant at Oslo Economics, Elias has worked with economic analyses, cost-benefit analyses, and evaluations, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. He has worked on projects within sectors such as labor, health care, and digitalization. In several projects he has worked on, large amounts of qualitative information were gathered through interviews.

Jostein Skaar is an economist from the University of Bergen and holds a PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics. Jostein has long and unique experience as a competition economist – including work as a researcher at SNF, as a national expert at EFTA’s surveillance authority, as a director at the Norwegian Competition Authority and extensive experience as a consultant. Jostein has been part of competition economics since it became a professional field and has been central to its development. Among other things, he was a member of the committee developing the white paper for an updated competition law in Norway, presented in the spring of 2012. He has an excellent knowledge of relevant research and methods, as well as the practical application of insights from the research. Jostein has extensive experience investigating economic issues in general, as well as extensive experience in investigating issues at the intersection between law and economics. Furthermore, he has a good knowledge of finance and has been a member of the Financial Supervisory Authority’s board. Jostein is recognized as one of the world’s leading competition economists, among others by Whos Who Legal.

Elisabeth Rustøen Skregelid holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics from the University of Oslo (UiO), with a specialization in microeconomics and econometrics. In her thesis she studied the effects of a training program on sick leave among employees in the Norwegian Child Welfare Services. Through this work, she aquired skills in management and analysis of large data sets. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in social anthropology from the same institution, with an exchange at University College London (UCL). Previous work experience include a student position in the Finance Supervisory Authority of Norway (FSA) and teaching in international economics at UiO. Moreover, she was an intern in Oslo Economics in the winter of 2022.

Sondre Sperre holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Oslo. He wrote an empirical master’s thesis in labor economics, focusing on rigidity in wages and in full-time equivalents. Through this work, he gained experience in handling and analyzing large datasets. Alongside his studies, Sondre worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Oslo, where he taught microeconomics. Through this role, he acquired experience in explaining economic theory.  Additionally, he was an intern at Oslo Economics during the winter of 2023. 

Eirik Nøren Stenersen is an economist from NTNU and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Eirik comes from Pöyry where he has worked with different topics in a variety of sectors, including transport, petroleum and health. The work has included economic analysis and evaluations of initiatives to promote innovation and growth. Eirik has also worked with forecasts of the housing market and the Norwegian and international economy.

Henrik Støvring is a statistician with doctoral degrees from the University of Southern Denmark (PhD) and Aarhus University (DMSc). He has been associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark and is now at Aarhus University. He has won the award as best statistical consultant at the University of Chicago, where he was an MSc student on a Fulbright scholarship. For 25 years he has worked with register-based analyzes of health and illness, especially with a focus on patients‘ use of prescription drugs (drug utilization studies). With new and innovative epidemiological study designs, he has worked to establish evidence for effects and side effects of drugs (real world evidence, post-authorization safety studies (PASS)). He has developed and implemented new statistical models for analyzes of drug use. He has an extensive production of research articles, is a statistical editor of an international medical scientific journal and has extensive experience in teaching healthcare professionals (regression analyzes, missing data, survival analysis, prediction of treatment needs, etc.). He has experience with market access processes for medicines and has developed new methods for assessing life-year benefits.

Marit Svensgaard holds an MSc degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). She is an experienced project manager within the area of policy and economics. Marit has extensive work experience in industrial economics and evaluations, including analysis related to competition, public procurement, innovation and public private partnership. Her industry expertise includes healthcare, pharmaceuticals and ICT.

Simon Lysø Svinø holds a Master of Science in Economics (MSc) from the Norwegian university of science and technology (NTNU). Through his degree he specialized in transportation economics, labor economics and the energy market. Simon has experience from an internship at the Ministry of Finance in Norway and at the Norwegian water resources and energy directorate (NVE). During his studies he worked as a teaching assistant in both environmental economics and labor economics. In his master’s thesis he investigated the impact of increased density of electric vehicles on costs in the local grid within an empirical framework. Through his studies and professional experience, he has acquired a broad competence in analyses of large data sets combined with economic theory

Ida Søfteland graduated with an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics, where she majored in Economics. During her studies she spent one semester abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Ida’s master thesis focused on labour economics and specifically examined how changes in local labour demand impact the uptake of disability insurance in Norway. During her studies she has worked part-time with product development and market analysis in the energy sector.

Eyvind Søraa holds an Msc. in Economics from the University of Oslo, specialising in labor economics and econometrics. Eyvind has extensive experience from analyses and project work. He specialises in socio-economic analyses and analyses within the framework for cost-benefit analyses in the Norwegian public sector. Eyvind is used to quantitative work and is adept in established methods for economic analyses within the various fields he works in. He has particular expertise in the fields of transportation economics, where he has done extensive work with rail, ferry, and road projects. Eyvind also has experience with the Norwegian government’s quality assurance program (KS1) for large public investment projects.

Erik Magnus Sæther has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oslo and has extensive experience within the area of economic analysis, evaluation, technology studies and strategy consulting. Erik works across industries for private and public clients, with a special focus on healthcare and pharma. He has also an extensive experience in assessments in relations to major public investment projects. Before joining Oslo Economics as a partner, he held a position in PwC, Advisory. Earlier work experience includes research at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research and the Health Economics Research Programme at the University of Oslo, HERO. Fulbright Visiting Scholar to University of California, Berkeley. Member of International Health Economics Association, iHEA.

Johannes Bjørnstad Tyrihjell holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), specializing in economics. At Oslo Economics Johannes has been involved in projects within a variety of sectors, however primarily projects concerning the health sector, labor market and public economics. He has worked on large evaluations, economic analyses, cost of illness analyses, in addition to labor market analyses. Johannes has gained valuable experience in collecting and analysing qualitative data, but is particularly experienced at quantitative analysis, for example analysis of registry data. In addition, he has experience from project work within the quality assurance framework of the Ministry of Finance (KS1).

Maren Veila is an economist with a master’s degree from the University of Bergen (UiB). With a background from The Ministry of Children and Families and The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, Maren has extensive experience in the use of economic analysis in the public sector. Her experience includes tackling complex issues related to resource allocation, organizational optimization, and efficiency enhancement in public sector operations and service delivery.

Maren’s specialization lies in conducting economic analyses focused on the child and youth sector, complemented by a robust track record in performance management within the public sphere. Maren has developed a strong understanding of government management and budget processes, as well as developing management indicators and key performance indicators.

Susanne Gerda Værnø holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Economics Analysis and on a Research Distinction Track. During her studies, Susanne has specialized within microeconomic theory and empirical methods. At Oslo Economics Susanne has mostly worked with evaluations within the labor market, health sector and public economics. Through projects she has acquired expertise in both quantitative and qualitative analysis, through use of a range of methodological tools such as surveys, interviews and statistical analysis. Susanne has former work experience from the Norwegian Competition Authority, a position as a research assistant at FAIR research center at NHH and Edge Norway.

Simen holds a MSc in Economics from the University of Bergen and a PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). In his research, Simen has specialized in induststrial economics and competition policy. He is well acquainted with economic theory and empirical methods. From research and work experience, Simen has acquired solid knowledge in markets such as groceries, bank and telecommunications.

Klara Wade holds a Master of Economic Theory and Econometrics from the University of Oslo. She has gained broad experience with economic analyses. Klara has the competence to gather qualitative information, from document analysis to conducting interviews, and to analyze her findings.

Klara wrote her master’s thesis on firm responses to a tax change. From her thesis work, she acquired skills in quantitative methods and working with register data.

Klara aspires to convey knowledge accurately and accessibly. Alongside her studies, she has written a book on the history of the EEA agreement.

Knut Erik Walter has a Master of Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and has extensive experience from Telenor both as a professional expert and leader in research, operational units and central group units. His primary area of expertise is mobile communications. Knut Erik has worked extensively with technology strategy, first for the mobile networks in Norway, later to coordinate the systems in all Telenor’s markets in Europe and Asia. He has prepared a large number of reports and recommendations. Knut Erik is very good at explaining complex issues both in writing and orally. He works well in teams and has experience from international committee work to set technical standards. He has also participated in a number of technical negotiations in various procurement projects. Knut Erik and colleagues in Oslo Economics have assisted The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) with the concept study for the next generation Nødnett (emergency communication).